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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. The stakes are sky-high, and the cybersecurity industry is at a critical juncture. The stakes are sky-high, and the cybersecurity industry is at a critical juncture.

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

“They put together an approach that industry thought suboptimal and unlikely. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. So it’s their golden hour.” “With much deeper pockets, focus, and mission, targeting critical infrastructure.

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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services. We’re seeing a lot of this in the financial industry where the bad guys are targeting people with access to money. “

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Cloud models for reducing security risks

CGI

As a result, these organizations are starting to look toward the cloud brokerage/federation model to manage the consumption of multiple cloud services. This model provides a single pane of glass view of both cloud providers and consumed services.

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The time for government blockchain proofs of concept is now

CGI

For the past two years, CGI has seen an exponential uptick in commercial sector interest in blockchain beyond just the financial services industry. While government has trailed retail and other consumer services in digital transformation, it recently has begun to see improvements in citizen satisfaction with its digital services.

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What’s in a name? CGI’s guide to the language of the Internet of Things (IoT).

CGI

Telemetry is restricted to simple monitoring eg for measuring power usage or pumps in an industrial context or the term was also used for tracking vehicles eg public transport. Network Infrastructure Monitoring and Control) and combined both monitoring and remote control capability.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is being retired on 31 March, to be replaced by version 4.0 US GAO publishes ransomware report The US Government Accountability Office has published a study into federal agencies’ cyber security practices and, in particular, how prepared they are to mitigate the risk of ransomware.